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(11) |
EP 0 580 410 A3 |
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EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION |
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Date of publication A3: |
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23.03.1994 Bulletin 1994/12 |
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Date of publication A2: |
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26.01.1994 Bulletin 1994/04 |
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Date of filing: 20.07.1993 |
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Designated Contracting States: |
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DE FR GB NL |
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Priority: |
21.07.1992 JP 194170/92
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Applicant: MITSUI TOATSU CHEMICALS, Inc. |
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Chiyoda-Ku
Tokyo 100 (JP) |
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Inventors: |
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- Oshino, Fumio
Minami-ku,
Nagoya-shi,
Aichi-ken (JP)
- Yamaki, Masahiko
Minami-ku,
Nagoya-shi,
Aichi-ken (JP)
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Representative: Stuart, Ian Alexander et al |
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MEWBURN ELLIS
York House
23 Kingsway London WC2B 6HP London WC2B 6HP (GB) |
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Reusable fixture for carrier tape |
(57) The present invention relates to a reusable fixture for a carrier tape for holding
a carrier tape of the TCP type. It is an object of the present invention to provide
a reusable fixture which allows a carrier tape to be mounted thereon using an apparatus
of a simple structure, which allows the carrier tape to be held securely, and in which
powder produced by friction is not produced when the carrier tape is mounted. According
to the present invention, the reusable fixture for a carrier tape which includes a
bottom element for receiving either a carrier tape to which a semiconductor chip is
bonded or a carrier tape to which no semiconductor chip is bonded as yet, a frame
formed so as to surround an outer periphery of the bottom element in order to protect
the carrier tape, and a pair of resilient tape holding members for holding the carrier
tape on the bottom element that are pushed by a pair of engaging members that engage
with the tape holding members and move in an opposing relationship on the same straight
line so as to allow the carrier tape to be mounted, the tape holding members being
attached at their opposite end portions to at least one pair of opposing inner side
faces of the frame at positions allowing the tape holding members to extend above
the upper surface of the carrier tape mounted on the bottom element.
